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Hi guys, |
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I'm emailing because the profile issue came up again in IRC. I'd like |
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to continue the discussion here. Let me try to get it started. |
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Here's some general issues with the current profile stucture: |
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1) It is horribly complex and difficult to read the inheritance |
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strucutre. Its not clear the inheritance even works. As a result, the |
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user is not sure what is going on. This ambiguity makes it difficult |
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to even start a coherent criticism! |
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2) There doesn't appear to be a good structure for seperation of various |
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features. In OO language, I can't choose what to inherit. I wind up |
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getting stuff from other profiles which I don't want and can't control |
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this, so I'm tempted to just USE="-*" and start from scratch, which is |
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not a good thing. |
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3) There is a clear bias towards the desktop. If you go that route, you |
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get what you need/want. When you deviate, you start to get more things |
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that you don't want/need and have to struggle against points 1 and 2. |
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This effects hardened and hardened+server most. Comments? |
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Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. |
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Chair of Information Technology |
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D'Youville College |
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Buffalo, NY 14201 |
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USA |
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(716) 829-8197 |
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